In a significant move, the  Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati was handed over to the Adani Group for operations, management and development responsibilities on Friday.

Starting the process of developing and modernising the Northeast's foremost airport, the symbolic key of the airport was handed over by Ramesh Kumar - Airport Director of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) - to Utpal Baruah, Chief Airport Officer of the new airport operator at an event held midnight, a press statement said.

In 2018, the government of India included the Guwahati airport in the group of six airports viz. Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangalore, Jaipur and Thiruvananthapuram  - set for privatization for operations, management and development (OMD) for a period of fifty years. Adani Enterprise Limited emerged as the successful bidder for all the six airports. The concession agreement between the Air Port Authority of India and Adani Enterprise Limited was signed on January 19 this year in New Delhi. From Friday onwards, the operations, management and development activities of Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport will be handled by the new airport operator Adani Guwahati International Airport Limited (AGIAL) the statement reads.

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